It is absolutely NOT an invasion of privacy!
If the poster trespassed it would be. However he did it from the street. He's making a compliment on what the OWNER of the home wants US to see.

Most homeowners in TV are proud of their home and it shows in the neatness of the property, the design of the landscaping, the choice of flowers and shrubbery and the paint colors, trim and roof shingles.

Let me ask you this: Is it an invasion of privacy to drive around TV during Christmastime and look at all the decorations? Is it wrong to take pictures of all the lights?
Of course not.
If you want privacy, put up a big solid fence or pull down your shades.
The OP had something nice to say and share with all of us. No need to be snobbish.

Thanks for sharing. Would love to look at lake and neighborhood in Google. Would you please share the street address or latitude and longitude so I can look at also. Thanks again and best wishes

Wow.....
.you say...unlike some posters here..... sorry , but you sound very nasty yourself...
This guy does have a little show, if you wanna call it that, he does with his wife and they cover a million places of interest on the villages, all unbiased, general info.
I'm pretty sure there are no laws broken here, with or without owners permission...in fact I'm sure the owner was tickled to be in his video.
What the heck is going on down here lately, people are so cranked up. I thought tv was the friendliest place to be? Surely not anywhere near you.

Since you asked — Christmas lights are different. We bought in a village close to the elaborate Christmas display that used to happen every year in Hadley so I am well aware of the planning that goes into displays like that. It was impressive and fun and intended to be a “show” so that was all perfectly fine. Such a display is done for the public.

I remain of the opinion that if this video was done without the owner’s permission, it was a downright tacky thing to do. “Nice” comments by the guy are are not the issue. No absolution there.

If he continues to drive around and film homes to “feature” in his YouTube videos, he needs to ask permission from the owners. (Maybe he did that — but I doubt it — and like I said above, if so, I apologize.)

Your comparison to Christmas lights is not a true comparison. One is invited. One (likely) was not.

Btw, my manners are not “snobbish” like you said.

I remain,
Judith Martin-Boomer

Completely creepy
 

What’s the point? Are you a Realtor? Is this your house? This is very weird

"Tacky"? That's a matter of opinion

Illegal? Absolutely not.

Your definition of "invited" is flawed.

It would be like saying everyone's Ring doorbell, Nest cam, etc, that happens to capture a neighbors house, is in violation of the law.

What about the aerial photos used on The Villages home listings, or private realtors who capture other than the home which is for sale? Is that a violation as well? No.

What about news crews filming a house from the street?

Where is your proof? We'd all love to know, otherwise this too will just go back and forth.

Addendum to my post #34 above:

I have no doubt that if he wants to feature homes — or gardens — or whatever in his future videos and asks permission from homeowners, he would get it — maybe 50% (or more) of the time.

In fact, if he gets into a general asking for volunteer homeowners, he would probably get enough to make a regular “feature” with everybody happy — no lines crossed— and I do not mean property lines. I mean the lines of behavior with others.

Some people like to show their homes. For example, every city has home shows with people actually opening their homes to the ticketed public, usually as a fundraiser for a community project — mostly in historic neighborhoods where their homes are truly a labor of love they want to share. Do I ever go to them? Yes. But that’s different. Those are by invitation. (They always have booties at the door, and I politely put them on, of course.)

And do I ever drive by to gawk at especially beautiful homes or landscapes? Of course.

But that’s different. I am not recording, commenting, and slapping it up on the internet.

This guy could be onto a popular feature for his videos — but I call bs on any uninvited drive-by version.

And soooooo — if he wants to do this, he needs to do it with just plain, old-fashioned manners, politely asking first. He would get people who would love to have their homes featured.

(And for those who keep on keeping on — please pay attention — for the 1000th time, I said if he asked permission, I apologize for my assumption.)

Well, enough of this trying to explain nuance and manners to those posters here who insist on interpreting things only as either/or — with ‘em or agin ‘em — always looking for somebody to gang up on. Geez. The Mean Streets of TOTV are full of the usual traffic this morning. . .

So much predictable posting — often displaying a textbook projection of their own consistent behavior as posters — always looking for a reason to jump all over somebody — while dragging along their own history of only such types of posts.

And all too typical of TOTV these days. . .“Ah, look at all the ‘angry’ people. Where do they all come from?”

Boomer

That's the home of Mark Morse, CEO and COO of The Villages. Don't know address but here is a link to the home on google.

Mark Morse's House in The Villages, FL (Google Maps)

Tell that to Google Streets.

Recently Sold Home $2.1 million
 

This house recently sold for $2.1 million and has a gorgeous backyard. Right on the green on Palmer Legends and has a view across the lake to Lake Sumter Square.

https://www.zillow.com/homedetails/8...81413968_zpid/

Just creepy.

Boomer - just as a matter of record: I was responding directly to the OP's presentation of a house and suggesting that it's the prettiest in the Villages. I have nothing nasty to say about it, because it's just totally not impressive to me. It's not the prettiest, it's not the ugliest. It's not impressive enough to even make the top 100 on either end of the scale. It's just a generic house in a generic neighborhood. It's a Stepford house. Or maybe a Truman house. Vanilla.

Haven’t been around the The Villages much!

Super creepy….. appreciation is fine, this is way creepy! Lol! Your children will confirm that, ask them.